60th Grammy Awards: Bruno Mars Sweeps; Jay-Z Shut Out

Bruno Mars made a clean sweep at the 60th Grammy Awards, winning all six of his nominations including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. are unfolding with nomination leaders Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Lorde for the top honor. Jay-Z went in with the most nominations, 8, and lost every one. Kendrick Lamar won all four Rap categories plus Music Video while Childish Gambino won Traditional R&B Performance. Album of the Year was Lorde’s only nomination.

The 3h 35m show gave us incredible performances like Lamar’s opening number to Kesha’s “Praying” to Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” to the Broadway tribute where Tony-winning legend Patti LuPone tore the house down with “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” from Evita.

Ed Sheeran decided not to show up but won the two awards he was up for: Pop Album and Pop Solo Performance. He was the sole male in both categories. Alessia Cara won Best New Artist and was the only female winner of the evening. It struck an odd cord as there were messages of Time’s Up and the empowerment of women throughout the program.

James Corden returned to host the ceremony for the second consecutive year, this time from Madison Square Garden, marking the Grammys’ return to New York after 15 years in Los Angeles.

About Erik Anderson

Erik thanks his mother for his love of all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards together since he was in the single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself at GoldDerby, led by Tom O’Neill and then migrated over to Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), headed up by Sasha Stone before breaking off to create AwardsWatch. He is a member of the International Cinephile Society, GALECA (The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics), the International Press Academy and is the founder/owner of AwardsWatch.

2020 Best Picture Predictions

1917 (Universal) December 25
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Sony/Columbia) November 22
Ford v. Ferrari (20th Century Fox) November 15
Harriet (Focus Features) November 1
The Irishman (Netflix)
Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight) October 18
Just Mercy (Warner Bros.) January 17, 2020
The Laundromat (Netflix)
Little Women (Sony/Columbia) December 25
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony/Columbia) July 26

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